“Beatty’s book is not the kind of book that American publishers, even literary ones, are typically betting on these days. Satirical, pointed, postmodern, even... Read More
Claudia Rankine, AWP 2016 Keynote speaker and author of the National Book Award–winning Citizen: An American Lyric, plans to donate the funds of her... Read More
A book-launch celebrating Shifter’s 23rd issue, with readings and presentations by Bruce Andrews, Thom Donovan, Ian Dreiblatt, Robert Kocik, Sreshta Rit Premnath, Eléna Rivera, Gregory... Read More
Do you love the Neopolitan Novels? Are you excited for Frantumaglia? Do you have Ferrante Fever? Literary Studies faculty Siddhartha Deb will participate in... Read More
Sarah Leonard interviews Ann Snitow for The Nation. The interview reflects on the future of feminism, with Leonard recounting that “For her, feminism is a genie loosed... Read More
Please join the Writing Faculty in the Literary Studies Department for an evening of refreshments as they share excerpts from their latest projects! Tuesday,... Read More
An exciting new single author course, taught by Lang Dean Stephanie Browner in Spring 2017, will engage Black Lives Matter through the life of... Read More
October 10, 2019
Ann Snitow May 9, 1943-August 10, 2019 Ann Snitow, a founding faculty member of Lang College and the creator of the Gender Studies Program at the New School, passed away on August 10, 2019. She was a beloved member of the Literary Studies faculty. While indeed her books and essays are crucial texts in feminist studies and in the life of the mind, as Literary Studies colleagues our remembrances here are more personal, testaments not just to her work but to the power of her being.
January 25, 2016
In celebration of the three major site-specific art installations, commissioned by The New School Art Collection for the new University Center, the Vera List Center for Art and Politics is soliciting student essays about any one of them. The installations by three contemporary masters expand on and engage with the intellectual and architectural foundations of the University Center. American artist Rita McBride’s Bells and Whistles ties together the entire center: […]
